Born: 4 February 1839

Census records strongly suggest late 1838 or early 1839 as his date of birth. But the only Bonas (or similar) with a birth registered in Freebridge Lynn between 1838 and 1840 is Arthur, registered 1^st qtr 1839. There is no death certificate for Arthur, nor can I find him in the censuses or any other record. All details on Arthur's birth certificate (below) — parent's names, father's occupation, mother's maiden name — match what is known of Jesse. It would appear that Jesse was registered as Arthur.

Registration District	Freebridge Lynn Union
in the Sub-District of	Gayton
in the County of	Norfolk
When and where born	4 February 1839, Castle Acre
Name	Arthur
Sex	Boy
Name of Father	William Bonas
Name of Mother	Elizabeth Bonas formerly Wells
Profession of Father	Shepherd
Informant	the mark of Elizabeth Bonas, Mother, Castleacre
When Registered	7 February 1839

Father: William Bonas

Mother: Elizabeth Wells

5-generation pedigree

Siblings: All baptised at Castle Acre. The earliest 8 were step-siblings.

1. William Bonas [25 May 1812 - ]
2. Elizabeth Bonas [19 January 1815 - ]
3. Francis Bonas [20 October 1817 - ] married 3^rd qtr 1838 Freebridge Lynn RD Mary Eggleton [1818 Stanfield NFK -]
   1. John Bonas [1839 -]
   2. Mary Bonas [4^th qtr 1842 Freebridge Lynn RD -]
   3. Thomas William Bonas [1^st qtr 1846 Freebridge RD -]
   4. Elizabeth Bonas [3^rd qtr 1849 Freebridge RD -]
   5. William Bonas [2^nd qtr 1852 Freebridge Lynn RD - 19 March 1856]
      St James Green, Castle Acre: HO107/1828 f280 p18 {1851}
      Rougham Road, Castle Acre: RG9/1252 f70 p3 {1861}
      St James Green, Castle Acre: RG10/1860 f93 p18 {1871}
      Further Green, Castle Acre: RG11/1994 f86 p15 {1881}
      ✱ Francis and Mary also had a grandson
      1. William Frank Bonas [3^rd qtr 1865 Freebridge Lynn RD -] married 4^th qtr 1897 St George Hanover Square RD Sardenair Graver [1866 Castle Acre - 1^st qtr 1909 Fulham RD]
         1. Frank Herbert Bonas [baptised 23 October 1898 Chelsea St Luke - 28 April 1920]
            84 Redesdale Street, Chelsea: RG13/77 f109 p26 {1901}
         William Frank Bonas married 2^nd qtr 1910 Fulham RD Annie Elizabeth Pilcher [3^rd qtr 1876 Stockton -]
         3 Broughton Road Approach, Fulham: RG14/358 sn138 {1911 [no children to marriage]}
4. William Bonas [14 February 1819 - 1 October 1819]
5. Elizabeth Bonas [20 May 1821 - ]
6. William Bonas [25 July 1824 - 25 July 1824]
7. James Bonas [26 July 1827 - ]
8. Eliza Bonas [11 October 1829 - 25 March 1830]
9. Uriah Bonas [22 April 1832 - 1 April 1841]
10. Jabez Bonas [11 August 1833 - 4 July 1876] married 4^th qtr 1861 Mitford RD Mary Cory [1838 -]
    1. Elizabeth Bonas [5 January 1862 -]
    2. James Bonas [4^th qtr 1866 Freebridge Lynn RD -]
    3. Walter Bonas [2 November 1867 - 4^th qtr 1867 Freebridge Lynn RD]
    4. Sarah Ann Bonas [2^nd qtr 1869 Freebridge Lynn RD -]
    5. Walter Bonas [31 January 1872 Eastham NFK -] married 9 July 1893 St John the Evangelist, Kensal Green MDX Emma Jane Cox [31 December 1869 Bath SOM -]
       1. Ernest Charles Cox [12 September 1888 Eton RD -] (presumably Emma's son} married 3 March 1912 St Mark, Noel Park, Haringey Caroline May Aldridge [11 February 1889 -]
          1. Harold C A Cox [2^nd qtr 1912 Edmonton RD -]
          2. Stanley E W Cox [3^rd qtr 1918 Edmonton RD -]
             93 Granville Road, Wood Green {1914 [WW1 Service Record]}
             55 Salisbury Road, Wood Green: RG101/989D sn130 {1939 [Ernest and Caroline. No closed entries]}
       2. Elizabeth May Bonas [27 October 1893 Eton RD -] married 3^rd qtr 1913 Edmonton RD Charles G Stone [24 September 1888 -]
          1. George W Stone [29 June 1921 Edmonton RD -]
          2. Brenda E Stone [1^st qtr 1927 Edmonton RD -]
             15 Russell Road, Southgate: RG101/891F sn10 {1939 [Elizabeth, Charles, George, and one closed entry]}
       3. Gertrude Edith Bonas [20 November 1895 Eton RD - 4^th qtr 1971 Barnet RD] married 3^rd qtr 1921 Edmonton RD Gerald Maximilian Runkel [1 June 1895 - 16 August 1978 New Barnet]
          1. Donald W Runkel [4^th qtr 1923 Edmonton RD -] married 4^th qtr 1948 Barnet RD Monica M Hagell
             1. Lois A Runkel
          2. Joyce G Runkel [3^rd qtr 1929 Edmonton RD -] married 2^nd qtr 1951 Wood Green RD Alan B Sugar
             24 Upper Belsize Avenue, Southgate: RG101/890G sn103 {1939 [Gertrude and Gerald, and 2 closed entries]}
             4 Burnside Close, New Barnet {1978 [Gerald's probate record. Effects £19506]}
       4. Dorothy Bonas [3^rd qtr 1897 Eton RD -]
       5. Florence Maud Bonas [3^rd qtr 1900 Edmonton RD -] married 4^th qtr 1923 Edmonton RD George V Baker
          1. Derek V W Baker [2^nd qtr 1926 Edmonton RD -] married 2^nd qtr 1951 Epping RD Helen R Paysden
             1. Linda M Baker
       6. Walter James Bonas [7 November 1902 New Southgate - 27 July 1965 London]
          279 Chiswick Village, London {1965 [Probate record. Effects £543]}
       7. Constance Winifred Bonas [27 March 1905 Edmonton RD - 2^nd qtr 1990 Enfield RD] married 3^rd qtr 1926 Edmonton RD William H Wigens [19 December 1903 -]
          1. Kenneth W Wigens [1^st qtr 1927 Edmonton RD -]
          2. Gordon L Wigens [4^th qtr 1928 Edmonton RD -]
             217 Gladstone Avenue, Wood Green MDX: RG101/989D sn66 {1939 [Constance and William, no closed entries. Perhaps the children had been evacuated]}
       8. Eva Bonas [1907 New Southgate -]
       9. Leslie Clifford Bonas [19 May 1909 New Southgate - 1978 Glenrothes SCT] married 3^rd qtr 1943 Edmonton RD Annie MacDiarmid Shorleson [1^st qtr 1923 Liverpool RD - 1997 Glenrothes SCT]
          1. Lesley Ann Bonas [1^st qtr 1946 Edmonton RD -] married 1963 Glenrothes SCT Thomas Stenhouse
          2. Marjorie Anita Bonas [1^st qtr 1949 Edmonton RD -] married 11 June 1966 Glenrothes SCT, divorced 1986 Kirkaldy, remarried 1992 Glenrothes David Ernest Hull
             4 Cunningham Place Glenrothes {1965 [Leslie and Annie, electoral register]}
          3 Montpelier Street, Kensington: RG12/30 f94 p16 {1891 [Walter, a visitor in the household of Charlotte Henshaw, widow born 1857 Satterby SFK]}
          23 Alexandra Road, Southgate: RG13/1267 f19 p25 {1901}
          6 Curtis Rd, New Southgate: RG14/7404 sn59 {1911 [9 children to marriage, all surviving. Also in the household was nephew Arthur Turner born 1895 Castle Acre]}
          1 Saxon Road, Wood Green: RG101/988E sn147 {1939 {Walter sr, Emma, Walter jr, and Leslie. No closed entries]}
       Massingham Road, Castle Acre: RG10/1860 f94 p19 {1871 [Jabez, Mary, Elizabeth, James, and Sarah]}, RG11/1994 f87 p18 {1881 [Mary (widow), James, and Walter]}
11. Anna Bonas [31 May 1835 - ] married 4^th qtr 1861 Freebridge Lynn RD James Dye
    1. John Dye [1873 -]
       New Cottages, West Acre NFK: RG12/1565 f72 p4 {1891}
12. Dalton Bonas [1836 - 1^st qtr 1897 Thetford RD] married 3^rd qtr 1859 Swaffham RD Hannah Coe [1836 - 2^nd qtr 1882 Thetford RD]
    Low Commons, Ashill NFK: RG9/1263 f152 p24 {1861}
    White House, Northwold, NFK: RG10/1873 f107 p11 {1871}
    Listed as publican of the Bell Inn, Whittington in 1883
    Whittington Bell, Northwold: RG12/1576 f189 p3 {1891}
13.   Jesse Bonas [1839 - 1891]
14. Jael Bonas [1842 - ] married 3^rd qtr 1865 Radford RD George Sanders
    1. William B Sanders [1862 -]
    2. Annie E Sanders [1869 -]
    3. Jael Sanders [1^st qtr 1872 Nottingham RD -] married 3^rd qtr 1891 Nottingham RD Frederick Holmes
       1. Henry Holmes [1892 Nottingham -]
       2. Nelly Holmes [1894 Nottingham -]
       3. George Holmes [1895 Nottingham -]
       4. Frederick Holmes [1899 Nottingham -]
          169 Arkwright Street Shop, Nottingham: RG13/3171 f167 p29 {1901}
          11 Wilford Grove, Nottingham: RG14/0539 sn85 {1911 [4 childen, all surviving. The household also imcludes Jael's widowed mother Jael Sanders née Bonas, and William Stokes, a visitor]}
       Leen Side, Nottingham: RG10/3524 f26 p5 {1871}
       Canaan Place, Nottingham: RG11/3364 f52 p4 {1881}
       15 Eugenie Street, Nottingham: RG12/2701 f141 p33 {1891}

Married: Susan Skipper 12 October 1861

Marriage Certificate:

Registration District	Freebridge Lynn
Solemnized at	The Parish Church
in the Parish of	Castle Acre
in the County of	Norfolk
When Married	12 October 1861
Name and Surname	Jesse Bonas
Age	of full age
Condition	Bachelor
Rank or Profession	Labourer
Residence	Castle Acre
Father's Name	William Bonas
Witnesses	Jabez Bonas, Mary Hookes groom's brother, brides's aunt?

Children:

1. William Bonas
2. Jael Bonas
3. Frederic Bonas
4. Charles Bonas
5. Emma Bonas
6. Anne Bonas

Died: 16 March 1891

Death Certificate:

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